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In this video [2:51] Met curator Beth Carver Wees on opulence in The Adams Vase, designed by Paulding Farnham and manufactured by Tiffany & Co., 1893-95. Commissioned in honor of Edward Dean Adams, chairman of the board of the American Cotton Oil Company, this bejeweled and enameled gold vase was designed to resemble the cotton plant. The overall form and coloration emulate those of the bell-shaped cotton flower, and the rock-crystal cover represents the white boll.
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